Officer

Edmund P. Keleher

Metropolitan Police Department — Washington, DC
Accident
End of Watch January 10, 1922
Age 62
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Badge 372
The Vigil Panel 42 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Edmund Keleher was struck and killed by a vehicle at 7th Street and Virginia Avenues, NW, as he was ending his shift at the Pennsylvania Avenue Depot. He was getting onto a streetcar at the time of the accident. The driver of the vehicle that struck him took him to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Officer Keleher had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for 30 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife.

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30 years. You could have gone home.
Officer Keleher gave the Metropolitan Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Keleher.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity mpdc.dc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 1922
Tour of Duty 30 yrs
Age 62
Badge Number 372
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Edmund is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1922, 82 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 23rd heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Edmund was 62. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Edmund had served 30 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 7.7% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Metropolitan Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Edmund among them.

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Where

Officer Edmund P. Keleher

Metropolitan Police Department · End of Watch January 10, 1922

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-E

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